Addressing Cyber Security In The Oil And Gas Industry

摘要

Supplying two-thirds of the United States' energy usage, the oil and gas industry depends upon a vast and highly decentralized infrastructure, consisting of roughly 150 refineries, 200,000 miles of oil pipelines, and 2 million miles of gas pipelines. The long production chain begins with exploration and drilling and ends with delivery to consumers. Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems and Distributed Control Systems (DCSs) form the backbone of most oil and gas industry operations globally. Controlling this infrastructure is highly complex, requiring many pieces of individual equipment to be monitored. A delicate balance of flows, temperatures, pressures, and other parameters must be maintained to ensure proper refinery plant operations and pipe distribution.